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School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

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Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
E. Ní Mhionacháin
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    A stranger should never be let into the byre when a cow is going to calve.
    The first time a cow is milked after calving her elder should be singed with (with) a blessed candle.
    You should always make the sign of the Cross before milking. A bottle of Holy water is hung in the byre at Xmas.
    Blood of a cock should be sprinkled at the posts of the door of the byre on St. Martin's Eve, to keep all diseases from the cows.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Corrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly